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Duc Thien Bui wins the Mystery Millions!
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Date: March 22 to 24, 2024
Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~USD 161,400)
Entries: 753
Prize pool: VN₫ 6,456,100,000 (~USD 260,440
Bounty pool: VN₫ 4,500,000,000 (~USD 181,530)
Total prize pool: VN₫ 10,956,100,000 (~USD 441,970)
ITM: 94 players
*Heads up deal, played for trophy
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Duc Thien Bui | Viet Nam | 1,000,000,000* |
| 2 | Farukh Tach |
Afghanistan
|
843,600,000* |
| 3 | Yu Xiao Tong | China | 515,100,000 |
| 4 | Xichen Li | China | 379,700,000 |
| 5 | Xiao Hu Liu | China | 295,600,000 |
| 6 | Romain Bier | France | 23,290,000 |
| 7 | Le Hyun Dong | Korea | 186,100,000 |
| 8 | Robert Emmerson | UK | 145,300,000 |
| 9 | Zeyu Chen | China | 116,700,000 |
Final 9 players
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
| Seat | Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
| 1 | Xiao Hu Liu | China | 1,780,000 | 22 |
| 2 | Lichen Li | China | 1,170,000 | 15 |
| 3 | Romain Bier | France | 2,910,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Lee Hyun Dong | Korea | 1,510,000 | 19 |
| 5 | Duc Thien Bui | Viet Nam | 3,520,000 | 44 |
| 6 | Zeyu Chen | China | 1,175,000 | 15 |
| 7 | Yu Xiao Tong | China | 2,660,000 | 33 |
| 8 | Farukh Tach | Afghanistan | 4,745,000 | 59 |
| 9 | Robert Emmerson | UK | 3,135,000 | 39 |
Chips in play: 22,605,000
Average stack: 2,511,667 (31 bb)
Remaining payouts
| Place | Payouts in VND | ~USD |
| 1 | 1,100,000,000 | 44,444 |
| 2 | 743,600,000 | 30,044 |
| 3 | 515,100,000 | 20,812 |
| 4 | 379,700,000 | 15,341 |
| 5 | 295,600,000 | 11,943 |
| 6 | 232,900,000 | 9,410 |
| 7 | 186,100,000 | 7,519 |
| 8 | 145,300,000 | 5,871 |
| 9 | 116,700,000 | 4,715 |
19:40: Nikolic Jovan eliminated in 10th place – VN₫ 94,600,000 (~USD 3,820)
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Cutoff Duc Thien Bui opens, button Nikolic Jovan three-bets all in, Duc Thien Bui calls and is ahead 
to 
. The board runs out 
, Jovan is eliminated.
Duc Thien Bui – 3,600,000 (45 bb)
Nikolic Jovan – eliminated in 10th place
19:35: Terence Stevens eliminated in 11th place – VN₫ 94,600,000 (~USD 3,820)
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Utg Terence Stevens raises 225,000, Robert Emmerson defends the big blind, the flop is 
. Stevens c-bets all in, Emmerson check-calls. Stevens has 
, Emmerson ahead with a pair 
, Stevens misses the turn 
and river 
to bust in 11th place.
Robert Emmerson – 4,600,000 (57 bb)
Terence Stevens – eliminated in 11th place
19:30: Up and down for Nikolic Jovan
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Down to 13 bbb, Nikolic Jovan shoves from utg with 
, button Robert Emmerson calls with 
. The board runs 
, Jovan spikes a pair to double up.
Nikolic Jovan – 2.400,000 (30 bb)
Robert Emmerson – 3,500,000 (43 bb)
Following the double up, Jovan goes head to head with Yi Xiaotung. Jovan with 
, Yu with 
. Three diamonds turn up on board 
, Yu doubles up.
Yu Xiaotung – 2,740,000 (34 bb)
Nikolic Jovan – 1,400,000 (17 bb)
19:20: Cankai Zhang eliminated in 12th place – VN₫ 94,600,000 (~USD 3,820)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Preflop war opens with utg Robert Emmerson raising 120,000, button Cankai Zhang three-bets 320,000, Emmerson four-bets all in, Zhang calls and is at risk.
Emmerson 
Zhang
When the board runs 
, Zhang misses and is eliminated.
Robert Emmerson – 3,500,000 (58 bb)
Cankai Zhang – eliminated in 12th place
Robert Emmerson – VN₫ 10 Million, VN₫ 10 Million
19:15: Bounty draws
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Zeyu Chen – VN₫ 300 Million
Cankai Zhang – VN₫ 30 Million
Peng Yang – VN₫ 200 Million
19:13: Truong Vu Tuan Khanh eliminated in 13th place – VN₫ 77,000,000 (~$3,110)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
From small blind, Truong Vu Tuan Khanh all in for 23 bb holding 
, big blind Farukh Tach calls with 
. The board runs eight-high to end Truong’s run in 13th place.
Farukh Tach – 4,800,000 (80 bb)
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh – eliminated in 13th place
19:06: Rick Jason Ambata eliminated in 14th place – VN₫ 77,000,000 (~$3,110)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
After paying out costly double up to Romain Bier, Rick Jason Ambata is down to just 1 big blind and goes on to exit in 14th place. On his final hand, he falls to Farukh Tach with outdrawn by 
on a board 
10d}.
Farukh Tach – 3,400,000 (56 bb)
Rick Jason Ambata – eliminated in 14th place
19:04: Romain Bier doubles through Rick Jason Ambata
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Cutoff Rick Jason Ambata bumps it up to 125,000, big blind Romain Bier defends, then proceedds to check-call the flop and turn 
, 125,000 and 120,000 bets. On the river 
, Bier checks, Ambata jams, Bier calls for all of his chips and gets paid with two pair beating Ambata’s .
Romain Bier – 2,900,000 (48 bb)
Rick Jason Ambata – 75,000 (1 bb)
18:55: Duong Ngo Linh eliminated in 15th place – VN₫ 77,000,000 (~$3,110)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Duong Ngo Linh all in wiht but doesn’t get past Zeyu Chen’s on a board 
.
Zeyu Chen – 1,015,000 (17 bb)
Duong Ngo Linh – eliminated in 15th place
18:51: Raju Jaruplavath eliminated in 16th place – VN₫ 63,800,000 (~$2,580)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
On a flop 
, Raju Jaruplavath shoves, Duc Thien Bui snap-calls, Jaruplavath behind with to Duc Thien Bui‘s 
. The turn and river 
sees no change, Jaruplavath is eliminated.
Duc Thien Bui – 2,100,000 (35 bb)
Raju Jaruplavath – eliminated in 16th place
18:50: More bounty draws
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Nikolic Jovan – VN₫ 30 Million
Robert Emmerson – VN₫ 30 Million
18:47: Nguyen Phuong Ngoc eliminated in 17th place – VN₫ 63,800,000 (~$2,580)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc is down to his 3 bb and puts it all in on the big blind with , then falls to Nikolic Jovan’s .
Nikolic Jovan – 1,900,000 (31 bb)
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc – eliminated in 16th place
18:44: Xichen Li wins the flip
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Preflop war opens with a 130,000 raise from Liu Xiaohu, Xichen Li follows with a three-bet shove of 645,000, Lee Hyun Dong continues the pace with a four-bet shove of 1.5M+ chips, Liu folds. At the showdown, Xichen 
is flipping againt Lee’s , the board runs .
Xichen Li – 1,500,000 (15 bb)
Lee Hyun Dong – 780,000 (13 bb)
Liu Xiaohu – 2,050,000 (34 bb)
18:31: Good pot for Rick Jason Ambata
Level 26: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Blinds head to the flop then both check. On the turn , Rick Jason Ambata leads out 60,000, big blind Truon Vu Tuan Khanh raises 250,000, Ambata calls. On the river , Ambata makes it 475,000 to go, Truong calls. Ambata has flush, Truong mucks.
Rick Jason Ambata – 2,000,000 (40 bb)
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh – 1,100,000 22 bb)
18:25: Jun Min Su eliminated in 18th place – VN₫ 63,800,000 (~$2,580)
Level 26: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Jun Min Su all in with and falls to Robert Emmerson’s . Board was 
.
Robert Emmerson – 3,000,000 (75 bb)
Jun Min Su – eliminated in 18th place
18:25: Final 18 players
Level 26: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
| Seat | Player | Stack | BB |
| 1 | Romain Bier | 1,500,000 | 38 |
| 2 | Liu Xiaohu | 2,100,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Xichen Li | 650,000 | 16 |
| 4 | Lee Hyun Dong | 1,250,000 | 31 |
| 5 | Zeyu Chen | 700,000 | 18 |
| 6 | Rick Jason Ambata | 1,000,000 | 25 |
| 7 | Truong Vu Tuan Khanh | 2,000,000 | 50 |
| 8 | Farukh Tach | 3,000,000 | 75 |
| 9 | Duong Ngo Linh | 500,000 | 13 |
| Seat | Player | Stack | BB |
| 1 | Terence Stevens | 1,600,000 | 40 |
| 2 | Duc Thien Bui | 1,500,000 | 38 |
| 3 | Nguyen Phuong Ngoc | 225,000 | 6 |
| 4 | Cankai Zhang | 850,000 | 21 |
| 5 | Raju Jaruplavath | 200,000 | 5 |
| 6 | Nikolic Jovan | 1,400,000 | 35 |
| 7 | Yu Xiaotung | 650,000 | 16 |
| 8 | Jun Min Su | 485,000 | 12 |
| 9 | Robert Emmerson | 2,400,000 | 60 |
18:10: Farukh Tach soars to 3M!
Level 26: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Hoping to steal the blinds and ante, small blind Farukh Tach shoves , big blind Le Manh Cuong risks his 22 bb with , the board runs . Tach outdraws Le to clean house and soar to 3M.
Farukh Tach – 3,000,000 (75 bb)
Le Manh Cuong – eliminated
17:45: Robert Emmerson draws the biggest bounty!
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
It took some hard hunting but it has been drawn! The lucky winner of the VN₫ 500,000,00 was Robert Emmerson.
Other players drawing were:
Beng Wei Lim – VN₫ 10 Million
Rick Jason Ambata – VN₫ 50 Million
17:39: Big hands clash
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Heavy preflop betting war starts with utg raising to 80,000, utg+1 Rick Jason Ambata thee-bets 185,000, button Le Manh Cuong four-bets 400,000, big blind Lee Hyun Dong shoves 550,000, utg folds, Ambata six-bet shoves, and Le calls.
Lee
Ambata 
Le
The board runs . Lee’s set dominates Ambata’s set to triple up. Le loses the side pot to Ambata.
Lee Hyun Dong – 1,790,000 (44 bb)
Rick Jason Ambata – 830,000 (20 bb)
Le Manh Cuong – 1,400,000 (35 bb)
17:32: Romain Bier doubles up
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Romain Bier’s wins the flip against Jun Minsu’s on a board for a double up.
Romain Bier – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
Jun Minsu – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
17:17: Jun Minsu claims a good pot
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Utg+1 Raju Jaruplavath raises 95,000 and finds two callers to the flop 
. Utg+2 Liu Xiaohu bets 115,0000, cutoff Jun Min Su calls, Jaruplavath check-calls. On the turn , Jun bets 200,000, only Jaruplavath continues to see the river . Both check. Jun shows , Jaruplavath mucks.
Jun Minsu – 1,700,000 (40 bb)
Raju Jaruplavath – 800,000 (20 bb)
Liu Xiaohu – 1,300,000 (30 bb)
17:13: Terence Stevens dominates throughout for the max
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Facing a raise from hijack Yu Xiaotung, small blind Terence Stevens three-bet jams 670,000 with . Yu calls with . Board is good to Stevens 
for a higher flush.
Terence Stevens – 1,400,000 (35 bb)
Yu Xiaotung – 300,000 (7 bb)
17:08: Blinds up, 22 players remaining
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Seven rounds in the books and only 22 players left on the hunt for the title, the VN₫ 1.1 Billion (~USD 44K) top prize, and the VN₫ 500 Million ~(~USD 20K) top bounty prize still hidden in the chest.
17:04: Rick Jason Ambata lucks out on the river, Nog Minh Tien in disbelief
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg+2 Ngo Minh Tien opens and big blind Rick Jason Ambata defends. Minh Tien c-bets the flop {jqh} and is check-called. On the turn , both improve. Minh Tien bets 95,000 for his straight, Ambata check-raises 300,000 for his two pair, Minh Tien jams for 500,000, Ambata calls. The river completes a full house for Ambata to boot out the shocked Minh Tien.
Rick Jason Ambata – 2,200,000 (73 bb)
Ngo Minh Tien – eliminated
17:00 Cankai Zhang saved by the river
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Facing a raise, button Nguyen Phuong Ngoc three-bets 170,000, big blind Cankai Zhang four-bets 425,000, initial raiser folds, Nguyen calls. It’s a flip with Nguyen , Zhang . Nguyen jumps out front on the flop with no change on the turn . The river is exactly what Zhang needed to reclaim the lead and double up.
Cankai Zhang – 955,000 (31 bb)
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc – 450,000 (15 bb)
16:55: More bounty draws, big bounty still in the mix
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Ngo Minh Tien – VN₫ 10 Million
Julian Warhurst – VN₫ 50 Million
Le Manh Cuong – VN₫ 20 Million
16:52: Le Manh Cuong delivers a double KO
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Le Manh Cuong calls two short stack shoves Truong Dinh Giang and Negishi Ryoji . The board runs for a broadway takedown.
Le Manh Cuong – 1,800,000 (60 bb)
Truong Dinh Giang – eliminated
Negishi Ryoji – eliminated
16:47: Nishant Sharma triples up
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
We don’t know what happened to Nishant Sharma’s big stack but he is down to 180,000 and sends it all in with . He finds himself up against Julian Warhurst with and Ngo Minh Tien who covers both.
With the board running , Sharma triples up and Warhurst wins the side pot agaist Minh Tien.
Nishant Sharma – 585,000 (19 bb)
Julian Warhurst – 60,000 (20 bb)
Nog Minh Tien – 335,000 (11 bb)
16:42: Le Manh Cuong wins the flip
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg+2 Le Manh Cuong opens with a shove for 22 bb, small blind Truong Vu Tuan Khanh calls with , a king quickly finds the board . Le scores a double up.
Le Manh Cuong – 1,370,000 (43 bb)
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh – 1,800,000 (60 bb)
16:33: Raju Jaruplavath rails Luu Danh Tuan
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Luu Danh Tuan shoves his last 10 bb holding then falls to Raju Jaruplavath’s on board {10d.
Raju Jaruplavath – 1,300,000 (43 bb)
Luu Danh Tuan – eliminated
16:32: Beng Wei Lim rails Oliver Biles
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Oliver Biles shoves holding , next to him is Beng Wei Lim with a tad more chips shoves with , board runs clean to end Biles run.
Beng Wei Lim – 650,000 (22 bb)
Oliver Biles – eliminated
16:30: Xichen Li doubles through Julian Warhurst
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Action folds to the button Xichen Li who shoves his last 11 bb, big blind Julian Warhurst tank-calls then opens which is dominated by Li’s . The board runs , Li’s ace-high wins it for a good double.
Xichen Li – 680,000 (22 bb)
Julian Warhurst – 75,000 (2 bb)
On the next hand, Warhurst proceeds to double up through Romain Beir with flush over on a board .
Julian Warhurst – 210,000 (7 bb)
Romain Bier – 335,000 (11 bb)
16:29: Phuc Le’s snowmen stay solid
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
From utg+1 Luu Danh Tuan min-raises, finds one caller then big blind Phuc Le jams (5 bb), Luu four-bets all in to push out the caller. Luu , Phuc , the board spreads 
, snowmen hold for a double up.
Phuc Le – 405,000 (46 bb)
Luu Danh Tuan – 300,000 (10 bb)
16:10: Break time, 30 players remaining
Level 23: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Top 5 at the break:
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh – 2,400,000 (96 bb)
Nikolic Jovan – 1,800,000 (72 bb)
Rick Jason Ambata – 1,500,000 (60 bb)
Liu Xiaohu – 1,400,000 (56 bb)
Robert Emmerson – 1,150,000 (46 bb)
16:00: Romain Bier doubles through
Level 23: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
From cutoff, Romain Bier shoves 12 bb and button Terence Stevens calls. It’s a flip with Bier , Stevens . Two jacks find the board for a double up to Bier.
Romain Bier – 680,000 (27 bb)
Terence Stevens – 900,000 (36 bb)
15:55: More bounty hunting but no half a mil
Level 23: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Jun Minsu – VN₫ 100 Million
Gavin Flynn – VN₫ 10 Million
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh – VN₫ 10 Million
Li Xiaohu – VN₫ 20 Million
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc – VN₫ 30 Million
Julian Warhurst – VN₫ 30 Million
Phuc Le – VN₫ 30 Million, VN₫ 30 Million, VN₫ 30 Million
15:50: Truong Vu Tuan Khanh zooms over 2M
Level 23: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Three way showdowns seem to be very popular. The latest one starts with a raise by utg Duc Thien Bui, hijack Lee Junam three-bet shoves 235,000, big blind Truong Vu Tuan Khanh four-bets 500,000, Duc Thien Bui five-bets all in and Truong calls.
Lee Junam
Duc Thien Bui
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh
Board runs low 
, Truong drags it in as Lee goes bust.
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh – 2,500,000 (100 bb)
Duc Thien Bui – 87,000 (3 bb)
Lee Junam – eliminated
15:37: Duong Ngo Linh doubles through
Level 23: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Gavin Flynn’s is dominated by Duong Ngo Linh’s to pay the double up.
Duong Ngo Linh – 970,000 (39 bb)
Gavin Flynn – 350,000 (14 bb)
15:30: Blinds up, 33 players remaining
Level 23: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Blinds are up, 33 players left on the hunt for the title, the VN₫ 1.1 Billion top prize, and VN₫ 500 Million top bounty hiding in the chest
15:30: Julian Warhurst eliminates Zhou Tiahe
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Utg+1 opens and finds two callers to the flop . Big blin3d Zhou Tiahe leads 35,000, utg folds, small blind Warhurst check-raises 110,000, Zhou shoves, Warhurst snap-calls.
Zhou 
two pair
Warhurst set
The turn and river ensure the win for Warhurst.
Julian Warhurst – 1,100,000 (55 bb)
Zhou Tiahe – eliminated
15:28: Truong Vu Tuan Khanh saved by the river
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Lojack Lee Junam opens 45,000, small blind Truong Vu Tuan Khanh three-bets it all (505,000), Lee calls and shows . Truong is at risk with but a King shows up on the river to save Truong.
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh – 1,050,000 (52 bb)
Lee Junam – 300,000 (15 bb)
15:20: Aggressive Cankai Zhang wins the pot
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Cutoff Cankai Zhang opens 45,000, small blind three-bets 120,000, Zhang flats. At the flop , small blind c-bets 40,000, Zhang jams and wins it then and there.
Cankai Zhang – 825,000 (41 bb)
15:15: More bounty pulls missing the big one
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Nikolic Jovan – VN₫ 30 Millon
Hsin Yu Hung – VN₫ 30 Million
Rick Jason Ambata – VN₫ 30 Million and VN₫ 20 Million
Jun Minsu – VN₫ 100 Million
15:10: Duc Thien Bui finishes off Rai Nguyen
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Rai Nguyen started the day on a knockout spree but has now been given the boot by Duc Thien Bui. In a preflop battle that saw Nguyen call for his tournament life, he was ahead but as the board fell, he was outdrawn by Duc Thien Bui‘s flush with a spade on the flop then runner runner spades.
Duc Thien Bui – 1,900,000 (95 bb)
Rai Nguyen – eliminated
15:08: Three way cooler catapults Rick Jason Ambata as two go bust
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Three way all in showdown, Chen Dong , Matthew Bevin , Rick Jason Ambata . The board comes , Ambata sweeps and knocks out two in one go.
Rick Jason Ambata – 1,300,000 (65 bb)
Chen Dong – eliminated
Matthew Bevin – eliminated
15:04: Straight flush for Lee Hyun Dong
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Facing a short stack shove, cutoff Lee Hyun Dong shoves his larger 7 bb, button Liu Xiaohu covers both and calls.
Lyu Hangkai
Lee Hyun Dong
Liu Xiaohu
Board runs for a rare straight flush, Lee ships it as Lyu ships out of the running.
Lee Hyun Dong – 380,000 (19 bb)
Liu Xiaohu – 850,000 (42 bb)
Lyu Hangkai – eliminated
14:58: Raju Jaruplavath doubles through Rai Nguyen
Level 22 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Action folds to the small blind Rai Nguyen who jams 40 bb with , big blind Raju Jaruplavath risks his 25 bb stack with . With the board running , Jaruplavath sweats it on the flop then finds relief and a double up on the river.
Raju Jaruplavath – 790,000 (39 bb)
Rai Nguyen – 410,000 (20 bb)
14:50: Blinds up, 40 players remaining
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Down to 40 players with the top VN₫ 500 Million bounty still in the mix. Minimum payout is now VN₫ 29.5 Million.
14:47: More bounties pulled, top prize still in the mix
Level 21: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Oliver Biles – VN₫ 200 Million
Yu Xiaotung – VN₫ 20 Million
14:45: Terence Stevens eliminates Corey Van Jaarsveldt
Level 21: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Terence Stevens limps from lojack, hijack raises 40,000, button Corey Van Jaarsveldt three-bets all in for 100,000, Stevens four-bets all in which is enough to push out lojack.
Jaarsveldt
Stevens
The board runs , Jaarsveldt dries up.
Terence Stevens – 850,000 (56 bb)
Corey Van Jaarsveldt – eliminated
14:40: Straight wins it all for Liu Xiaohu
Level 21: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Utg+1 shoves (95,000) and finds two callers that both check the flop . On the turn sb Liu Xiaohu bets 55,000, utg+2 Le Manh Cuong calls. Liu bets a larger 225,000 on the river , and this time wins the side pot on Le’s fold. Liu wins the main pot as well with straight over .
Liu Xiaohu – 900,000 (60 bb)
Le Manh Cuong – 1,400,000 (93 bb)
Utg+1 – eliminated
14:18: Rai Nguyen rises to a mil, draw fifth bounty
Level 21: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
From utg+1 Kim Yang Jun shoves 13 bb, cutoff Julian Warhurst calls, big blind Rai Nguyen three-bets all in for 425,000, again Warhurst calls.
Kim Yang Jun
Rai Nguyen
Julian Warhurst
The board runs out , Nguyen improves to a boat and scoops. Kim is eliminated.
Rai Nguyen – 1,075,000 (71 bb)
Julian Warhurst – 550,00 (36 bb)
Kim Ynag Jun – eliminated
Rai Nguyen – VN₫ 10 Million
14:10: 48 players remaining, top bounty still in hiding
Level 21: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Players are back from their first break of the day. Here are the chip leaders and bounty pullers.
Le Manh Cuong – 1,400,000 (93 bb)
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc – 1,300,000 (86 bb)
Tiger Ong – 950,000 (63 bb)
Julian Warhurst – 900,000 (60 bb)
Rick Jason Ambata – VN₫ 10 Million and VN₫ 30 Million
Julian Warhurst – VN₫ 20 Million and 20 Million
Yu Xiaotung – VN₫ 50 Million
Lu Wei Chen – VN₫ 50 Million
Gabriel Carter – VN₫ 50 Million
Le Manh Cuong – VN₫ 10 Million
14:00: Rick Jason Ambata delivers a bad beat to Le Giang Nam
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Facing a raise, utg+1 Rick Jason Ambata three-bets 75,000, small blind Le Giang Nam four-bets all in 220,000, initial raiser folds, Ambata calls then finds his is behind Le’s . Thing’s quickly switch up when the flop drops Ambata’s two-outer , then with the turn and river , Le is eliminated.
Rick Jason Ambata – 600,000 (50 bb)
Le Giang Nam – eliminated
13:59: Aggressive Young Hee Park runs out against big slick
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Action folds to the small blind Young Hee Park who shoves 34 bb holding but instead of stealing the blinds and antes, he is called by big blind Le Minh Cuong with and a larger stack. No help comes for Park on a board .
Le Manh Cuong – 1,400,000 (116 bb)
Young Hee Park – eliminated
13:45: More bounty pulls but no half a mil
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Robert Emmerson – VN₫ 20 Million
Liu Xiaohu – VN₫ 10 Million
Jiang Ming – VN₫ 30 Million
13:44: Matthew Bevin takes it on a four-bet
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Utg opens 25,000, utg+1 three-bets 70,000, utg+2 Matthew Bevin four-bets 150,000, no takers.
Matthew Bevin – 715,000 (59 bb)
13:33: Truong Vu Tuan Khanh banks a three-way
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Three players with all thier chips sent to the middle, Hyun Dong , Truong Vu Tuan Khanh , and Anatolii Gorbusin . Truong proceeds to ship it on a board while Gorbusin goes bust.
Truong Vu Tuan Khanh – 555,000 (~46 bb)
Hyun Dong – 370,000 (30 bb)
Anatolii Gorbusin – eliminated
13:23: Aleksei Ignater falls to Cankai Zhang
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Having just doubled up, Aleksei Ignater’s was then outdrawn by Cankai Zhang’s flush on a board . Ignater was eliminated.
Cankai Zhang – 750,000 (75 bb)
13:20: 61 players remaining
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
The first two rounds saw 33 players eliminated leaving 61 to battle for the title, top prize of VN₫ 1.1 Billion (~$44K), along with hunting down the largest bounty of VN₫ 500 Million hidden in the bounty chest.
13:16: Aleksei Ignater doubles through Dang Minh Dat
Level 19: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
All in preflop, Aleksei Ignater , Dang Minh Dat calls with , board runs .
Aleksei Ignater – 239,000 (24 bb)
Dang Minh Dat – 95 ,000 (9 bb)
13:15: More bounty pulls
Level 19: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
NIkolic Jovan – VN₫ 20 Million
Truon Vu Tuan Khanh – VN₫ 30 Million
Le Manh Cuong – VN₫ 30 Million
13:09: Nguyen Phuong Ngoc amasses over a mil
Level 19: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Not a good day for Day 1A chip leader Ruiyang Wang hiaving been eliminated early by Nguyen Phuong Ngoc. After losing a couple of hands, from utg+1 Wang called a four-bet of 80,000 by utg+2 Nguyen and both saw a flop . Nguyen fired 70,000, Wang check-called. On the turn , Nguyen jammed over 400K, Wang check-called for his tournament life and was behind to Nguyen’s two pair. The river ended Wang’s run.
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc – 1,200,000 (120 bb)
Ruiyang Wang – eliminated
13:00: More bounty hunters on the pull
Level 19: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Rai Nguyen – VN₫ 20 Million
Corey Van Jaarsveldt – VN₫ 20 Million
Lu Wei Chen – VN₫ 20 Million
Nikolic Jovan – VN₫ 30 Million
12:57: NIshant Sharma cleans out Mak Wing Fung
Level 19: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Nishant Sharma opens from hijack then calls short stack Mak Wing Fung’s 8 bb all in. Sharma proceeds to send Fung to the rails with crushing . Easy peasy, Sharma wins another bounty.
Nishant Sharma – 820,000 (82 bb)
12:51: Gabriel Carter doubles up with rockets
Level 19: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Facing a three-bet of 65,000, cutoff Gabriel Carter four-bets all in for 131,000. Initial raiser folds while hijack makes the call with . Carter opens the nuts which holds on a board .
Gabriel Carter – 312,000 (31 bb)
12:47: Yu Xiaotung rises to one of the biggest
Level 19: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
From the small blind, Yu Xiaotung calls down the hijack aggressor who fired at every stage to see the board complete . Yu’s wins it to send to dust and out of the field.
Yu Xiaotung – 860,000 (86 bb)
12:45: Julian Warhurst ships a three-way
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Getting to the table as the chips are being counted, Julian Warhurst ships it with beating out and to soar to 630,000 and earn one knockout.
Julian Warhurst – 630,000 (78 bb)
12:30: More players hunting down the VN₫ 500M bounty
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Darragh Curtin – VN₫ 30 Million
Cankai Zhang – VN₫ 100 Million
Le Manh Cuong – VN₫ 20 Million
Anatolii Gorbusin – VN₫ 20 Million
Rai Nguyen – VN₫ 30 Million, VN₫ 50 Million, VN₫ 20 Million
Jun Minsu – VN₫ 20 Million, VN₫ 30 Million
Huang Yuntian – VN₫ 100 Million
Duong Ngo Linh (Super GTO) – VN₫ 200 Million
Trung Dinh Giang (Zang TN) – VN₫ 20 Million
Robert Emmerson – VN₫ 20 Million
12:20: Chip leaders first to draw
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Not only is Nishant Sharma sitting on the biggest stack, he also eliminated a player to draw the first bounty. Sharma pulled the second largest, VN₫ 300 Million (~USD 12,100)!
Following Sharma was Day 1A chip leader Ruiyang Wang who was disappointed to have drawn one zero less than Sharma, pulling a bounty of VN₫ 30 Million (~USD 1,200).
12:05: Cards in the air!
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Cards are now flying! And quickly, 5 players have dropped out. 89 players remaining with Nishant Sharma still top dog.
Mystery Millions – Day 2
Date: March 24, 2024
Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~USD 161,400)
Entries: 753
Prize pool: VN₫ 6,456,100,000 (~USD 260,440
Bounty pool: VN₫ 4,500,000,000 (~USD 181,530)
Total prize pool: VN₫ 10,956,100,000 (~USD 441,970)
ITM: 94 players
*Live updates start on March 24, 2024 at 12pm
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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